Upcoming PCNW juried show

20Apr11

Part of why I haven’t posted much on this blog is the simple fact that I haven’t been shooting much in the last year or so. Haven’t been inspired, much either. Lately, while working at pcnw (I monitor there just to keep my toe in the water), I’ve become more interested in taking photos again. Along with that is the upcoming 16th annual juried show at pcnw (due May 14) focused on land and water. Hmm. I have a whole series of the pacific northwest coast, called “Shoreline.”

I love quite a few of the images I’ve taken for this series, but to be honest, I only have about 7-8 really solid pieces and have always wanted to push and expand the series further. This upcoming show seems like a great opportunity to do just that!

Two weeks ago I took a day off and the whole family, John, both cats, and I, went down to Oregon for 3 days so I could photograph. It was a difficult trip. It was wet. Very wet. My camera got rained on really hard. My lens was fogging up (on the inside!). Then the rain got into the viewfinder (which is at the top on the Hasselblad camera I use), the wet got in between the sandwiched glass plates, and became impossible to see through. And then the landscape itself was not cooperating.

The beach was so flat and straight as if with a level. I rely on natural curves to make the edge of the waves take on interesting undulations. Instead, the waves rolled in in a straight line to infinity, and it was extremely uninteresting looking to say the least.

I didn’t get very many good images except this one. I may have two or three other salvageable images, but nothing with a “wow” factor. Again, not yet color-corrected:

Oregon Dunes, April 2011

I still have 3 weekends before submissions are due. I think I’ll have to do a day trip out to Ocean Shores or Long Beach to take a few more rolls. That’s an easy day trip, 5-6 hours of driving.

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